Tim Urban || Wait But Why? Unravelling Life's Biggest Mysteries

The Psychology Podcast

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Social Sciences, Science

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

We are huge fans of Tim Urban’s Wait But Why blog, so it was a great joy to speak with him for today's show. In this episode of The Psychology Podcast, we experience Tim’s patented wry wit and deep philosophical insight as we chat across a wide range of topics, including Tim’s journey to becoming one of the internet’s most popular bloggers, his creative process and self-regulation strategies, his views on our immediate governmental future, the relative importance of personality traits, the connection between the brain and consciousness, the viability of cryogenics, and much more. Tim has some wonderfully clear and entertaining mind experiments that spur some high-level discussions of some of the most fascinating psychological and philosophical mysteries of existence. Check out Tim's bio here --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/support

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the psychology podcast with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman where we give
0:04.4	you insights into the mind, brain, behavior, and creativity. Each episode will feature
0:09.0	a new guest who will stimulate your mind and give you a greater understanding of yourself, others, and the world we live in.
0:14.4	Hopefully we'll also provide a glimpse into human possibility.
0:17.6	Thanks for listening and enjoy the best. Right now we're really excited to be speaking with our guest Tim Urban.
0:43.0	Tim has become one of the internet's most popular writers.
0:46.0	With Rye stick figure illustrations and occasionally epic prose
0:50.0	and everything from procrastination to artificial intelligence, Urban's blog, Wait But Why, has guarded millions of unique page views, thousands of patrons, and famous fans like Elon Musk, who he's actually written about.
1:02.0	Fast Company has said that, quote,
1:04.0	Wait but Y has captured a level of reader engagement
1:06.5	that even the new media giants would be envious of.
1:09.6	Hey man, thanks for being on the show today.
1:12.0	Yeah, thanks for having me on.
1:13.4	Did you write that bio?
1:15.0	No, I did not.
1:17.0	Actually, I think that was written by the TED people.
1:20.0	They are good.
1:21.0	It was way too. They are good at that. It was way to. They are good at that. I feel like they're professionals at that.
1:26.5	Yeah, it was like it was very exciting seeing a professional bio writer trying to play in what you do.
1:32.7	Yeah, exactly.
1:33.9	But it well deserved, I'm a huge fan.
1:36.4	I would use the word fan.
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